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Posted on 01-05-11 05:19:49 AM Link | Quote
Don't forget to reveal some military secrets on your return!

...What kind of secrets could FINLAND be hiding?

(No offense, Pandaren. But seriously. I doubt there's thousands of WikiLeaks documents about the Finnish army.)

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Posted on 01-05-11 06:41:22 AM Link | Quote
Originally posted by Colin
Don't forget to reveal some military secrets on your return!

...What kind of secrets could FINLAND be hiding?

(No offense, Pandaren. But seriously. I doubt there's thousands of WikiLeaks documents about the Finnish army.)


>Implying I check WikiLeaks

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Posted on 01-05-11 09:06:42 AM Link | Quote
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Oh god, not that 4chan crap.

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Posted on 01-05-11 11:44:30 AM Link | Quote
Originally posted by paulguy
Oh god, not that 4chan crap.


What 4chan crap? I've never been on 4chan.

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Posted on 01-05-11 01:45:03 PM Link | Quote
Originally posted by Colin
Don't forget to reveal some military secrets on your return!

...What kind of secrets could FINLAND be hiding?

(No offense, Pandaren. But seriously. I doubt there's thousands of WikiLeaks documents about the Finnish army.)
Honestly, if there were anything interesting secrets, I'd be more than glad to tell them. We mostly use common defense tactics, our equipment can be seen on the website and I doubt we would be told any secrets at all, since we're just conscripts there.

A corporal medic doesn't need to know secrets, only how many wounded are there right now.

It's not a secret, but the biggest perk finnish soldiers have is that we get training for tons of weaponry and equipment. Assault rifles, rifles, pistols, bazookas, radio equipment, medical treatment, how to set up a temporary base, how to operate certain vehicles...

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Posted on 01-06-11 04:17:01 AM Link | Quote
It's not a secret, but the biggest perk finnish soldiers have is that we get training for tons of weaponry and equipment. Assault rifles, rifles, pistols, bazookas, radio equipment, medical treatment, how to set up a temporary base, how to operate certain vehicles...

...So you're classified as a lethal weapon now.

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Posted on 01-06-11 04:59:52 AM Link | Quote
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The weapons would be the lethal weapon, he'd just be the one killing people with them. I think they'd need to have some kind of crazy martial arts training to do that.

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Oh god, not that 4chan crap.


What 4chan crap? I've never been on 4chan.


Using the

>implying

is a 4chan meme, Zero One.

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Posted on 01-06-11 06:23:22 AM Link | Quote
Originally posted by Metal_Man88
Originally posted by Zero One
Originally posted by paulguy
Oh god, not that 4chan crap.


What 4chan crap? I've never been on 4chan.


Using the

>implying

is a 4chan meme, Zero One.


Ah, right. I should stop using things I learn from IRC

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Posted on 01-06-11 07:22:39 AM Link | Quote
Originally posted by Colin
...So you're classified as a lethal weapon now.


But it's pretty much needed. We're not a big country so we need to replace quantity with quality.

Two days!

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Posted on 01-06-11 07:31:41 AM Link | Quote
Oh god it just sunk in your from Finland PLEASE DON'T KILL ALL OF US!
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Posted on 01-07-11 10:06:00 AM Link | Quote
IT IS DONE.

Phew, what a long trip.

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Posted on 01-07-11 12:52:27 PM Link | Quote
Welcome back to the world

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Posted on 01-07-11 01:24:57 PM Link | Quote
Welcome back to civilization.

Just don't start barking orders at random people.

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Posted on 01-07-11 03:29:52 PM Link | Quote
Originally posted by Colin
Welcome back to civilization.

Just don't start barking orders at random people.
Me? Never, even if I had a lot of leadership training...

Tonight we're heading to have a nice party with the other corporals to a nice bar. Don't count on me making posts yet

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Posted on 01-08-11 08:17:31 PM Link | Quote
Yeah, it's funny to think that it's over. All sorts of personalities and assholes in that place.

Discipline in the army really sucks. It promotes wrong types of personalities

The training was rough, but good. Downside being there's not much you do with the knowledge of how to clean a rifle in normal life. Although medical training was pretty much awesome and practical.

I actually enjoyed more of the time when I was being trained, rather than being the trainer or a leader.

And my time as a corporal medic has gotten me interested in medical stuff in general. I might try to get more out of that in some school

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Posted on 01-09-11 02:17:30 AM Link | Quote
That's nice that the army actually got you interested in pursuing something in college I have a few friends that are going to the army, but that's because they have no chance of surviving college (or it's a very smart way to get out of Puerto Rico )
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Posted on 01-09-11 02:26:24 AM Link | Quote
I think some Americans join the military so that the GI Bill will pay for their college educations. And now finally they will allow non-heterosexual people in

I'm not the military type, though.

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Posted on 01-09-11 02:29:00 AM Link | Quote
Hm, that sounds very interesting. I might have to consider going to the army, as well. Oh wait, I'm already in college and in a huge debt

I'm not the military type, either xP
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Posted on 01-09-11 02:30:49 AM Link | Quote
None of my friends ever seriously considered the army/navy/air force... although I can see how it would be attractive with the pay/education benefits.

With my luck I wouldn't be sent to do peacekeeping (like Canada usually does). I'd end up in Afghanistan.

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